to her music catalog and now owns all of her albums. this morning, she posted a letter to swifties all around the world announcing the big news, exclaiming all the music i've ever made now belongs to me. and all of my music videos, all the concert films, the album art and photography, the unreleased songs. she also posted photos on instagram with her first six albums with the caption you belong with me, followed by colored heart emojis associated with each album. the pop star lost the masters to her early work in 2019, when her first record label, big machine records, sold them to scooter braun for a reported $300 million. swift worked to rerecord her work so that she would own the studio versions of her songs. now, she says, she no longer needs to do that with this new deal going through. that'll do it for this edition of abc seven news at three. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. i'll

tonight, we have breaking news. the tornado watch right now in the east. washington, d.c. right up through philadelphia. the storms then moving into new york city. tonight, 45 million americans on alert right now. the system deadly already. now the dangerous storms from florida to the carolinas right into the northeast this evening. a confirmed ef-2 tornado 115 miles an hour killing one person, destroying homes. >> that is a tornado? >> yep. >> near atlanta, a tornado crossing i-75, damaging winds, large hail, and possible twisters right up the i-95 corridor. lee goldberg is standing by to time this out. tonight, abc news news learning of a very close call for two passenger jets, a united plane and a sky west plane taking off on parallel runways. one passenger plane suddenly turning into the path of the other. they were just seconds apart. the seat in the oval office today. president trump's farewell to elon musk. what elon musk acknowledged today.

also, musk explaining his black eye. also tonight, the supreme court handing the president a major victory on immigration. and what president trump said today when asked if he would consider a pardon for sean diddy combs. it made news. at the combs trial in new york, the searing new testimony. the defense and their cross examination of the assistant who says sean combs repeatedly sexually attacked her. former reality show dad todd chrisley speaking out after president trump issued pardons to him and his wife, julie, after their convictions for tax evasion and fraud. and what he said is now coming. tonight, the major news here involving taylor swift. the superstar emotional after she revealed what she now controls. tonight, the alarming scene beside a construction site. a major sinkhole swallowing multiple cars and threatening nearby buildings at this hour. remembering loretta swit. from "m.a.s.h.," she won multiple emmys for the role.

the tributes pouring in tonight. and "america strong" this evening. could you spell this? he was the runner-up last year. he came back to win it all this year. you have to see the moment. >> david: good evening, and we finally made it to 45. 45 minute americans on alert right now. in the east a tornado watch at this hour from washington, d.c. right up through philadelphia. the system then moving into new york city and then up into new england. at this hour, the side of weather threat for millions. the drurs storms from the carolinas right up into the northeast. and this right here is the tornado watch. d.c. up through new jersey and pennsylvania. the system then moves into new york. these storms have already been deadly. a confirmed ef-2 tornado slamming kentucky with 115-mile-an-hour winds, killing one person and destroying homes there. whipping rain and damaging winds

in saint cloud, florida. in georgia tonight, a couple driving on i-74 right here when a tornado crosses the interstate right in front of them. and tonight, the father and actor from a well-known show who says he and his son were sucked from their home by a tornado outside atlanta. that son in critical condition tonight. lee goldberg standing by with the forecast, and stephanie ramos with the images already coming in tonight. >> reporter: tonight, nearly 45 million alert for powerful storms targeting the east coast after a deadly 24 hours left a trail of destruction in the heartland. southeast of louisville, a confirmed ef-2 tornado with 115-mile-an-hour winds tearing up this neighborhood. this suv flipped on top of a flattened home. >> the small area was hit, but it was devastating. >> reporter: authorities in washington county, kentucky, say at least one person was killed here and 14 more hurt, including a 3-year-old child. outside jacksonville, florida, thursday, multiple cameras catching a tornado crossing

saint john's highway. >> is that a tornado? >> yep. >> reporter: while south of atlanta, rachel peters recording in the passenger seat as they nearly drive right into a tornado crossing interstate 75. homes in this henry county neighborhood leveled. families that rode it out say they could feel the walls shake. >> i ran for the closet and took cover. got on my hands and knees, covered my head, started praying. >> the tornado, my son -- he -- he -- >> reporter: trey say he and 18-year-old son malaki were sucked out of their home. >> split-second, my house is gone. i just got out of the hospital, i got this bruise. >> reporter: cheney, an actor who once starred on "the wire" says malaki has broken ribs and a broken bone in his face. and david, there's a flood watch for much of the northeast as those storms continue to move in tonight. >> david: lee goldberg of wabc,

you're tracking these tornado watches up right now? >> david, heavy downpours are lifting toward d.c. as we speak. there's a tornado warning just to the west across northern virginia. the tornado watch goes from north carolina all the way into southern new jersey until midnight. let's time this. we could have torrential rains from philly to new york around the 10:00 hour. please don't drive through standing water. could come down at 1 to 2 inches an hour. it will move toward boston, the predawn hours, then parts of northern new england. sury after that not a washout. it dries out on sunday. the canadian wildfire smoke in the midwest from green bay to chicago. poor air quality. by saturday it's the dakotas into minnesota and into iowa. be very careful in the northeast tonight. david? >> david: lee goldberg, thanks as always. next, abc news learning of a very close call for two passenger jets, a united plane and sky west plane taking off on parallel runways in san francisco. one passenger plane suddenly turning into the path of the other. authorities say they were seconds apart from each other.

here's trevor all. >> reporter: tonight, frightening new details emerging from a recent close call at san francisco international airport. a pair of commercial jets, one from united, the other sky west, taking off at the same time on parallel runways earlier this month when the united plane suddenly turned into the path of the sky west plane. that sky west jet veering out of the way to avoid a potential disaster. >> sky west 5273, we're maneuvering for traffic. >> reporter: air traffic control demanding an urgent course correction. >> turn left leading 280 immediately. >> reporter: flight radar shows the planes were less than 2,000 feet apart laterally and 275 feet apart vertically. in a statement, the faa says that united plane turned without authorization. the agency is investigating the event. >> very, very close. and we know that the regional jet maneuvered away from the united jet, so they saw it,

looked out the window, and said, oh, my gosh, we've got to move. and they turn behind the united jet. if they hadn't done that, it would have been even closer. >> reporter: and david there were more than 150 people on board these two aircraft. of course, this is the latest in a string of close calls that we have seen on u.s. runways this year. david? >> david: yeah, we know viewers at home are wondering what is going on here. trevor all tonight, trevor, thank you. now to the oval office, president trump's farewell to elon musk. what elon musk acknowledged today. musk also explaining his black eye. also tonight here, the supreme court handing the president a major victory on immigration and what president trump said when he was asked if he would consider a pardon for sean diddy combs. here's rachel scott. >> reporter: tonight, president trump giving an oval office farewell for elon musk, the world's richest man now step argue way from his role as a special government employee. slashing federal agencies and firing thousands of government workers. >> elon gave an incredible service, nobody like him. he had to go through the slings

and the arrows, which is a shame, because he's an incredible patriot. >> reporter: musk says he will continue to serve as an unofficial adviser to the president. musk now acknowledging his job was an uphill battle, and in the end, not coming close to the $2 trillion in savings he originally promised. >> so, i think the doge team has done an incredible job. they're going to continue doing an incredible job. >> reporter: his departure comes after he broke with the president over his budget bill and the level of spending in it. some estimate it could add $3.8 trillion to the deficit over the next ten years, with cuts to medicaid and food assistance programs. this is what musk said about the president's one big, beautiful bill. >> i was, like, disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not decrease it, and undermines the work the doge team is doing. >> reporter: at a town home in iowa, republican senator jody ernest the latest lawmaker to face outrage over the cuts.

she was asked about medicaid. some in the crowd saying people will die. her response making news. >> people are not dying, well, we all are going to die -- [ crowd shouting ] >> reporter: on immigration tonight, the supreme court giving the president a win. today ruling the administration can end protections for more than 500,000 immigrants from cuba, haiti, nicaragua, and venezuela, at least for now. >> and just today we had, just a couple of hours ago, we had a great decision from the supreme court, thank goodness, that was very important. >> reporter: in a scathing dissent joined by justice sotomayor, justice ketanji brown jackson warned, the devastating consequences of allowing the government to upend the lives and livelihoods of nearly half a million noncitizens. tonight, after a string of controversial pardons, president trump was asked whether he would consider a pardon for sean diddy combs, now on trial for sex trafficking and racketeering. >> i haven't spoken to him in

years. he used to really like me a lot. but i think when i ran for politics, he sort of -- that relationship busted up from what i read. i would certainly look at the facts. if i think somebody was mistreated, whether they like me or don't like me, it wouldn't have any impact. >> reporter: and david, the president here in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, tonight touting a new partnership between u.s. steel and the japanese company nippon. just moments ago, he announced that he is now doubling tariffs on steel, raising them from 25 to 50%. and david, we want to go back to the oval office, because there was that moment in the room today when elon musk was asked about his black eye. he said that he was horsing around with his 5-year-old son and told him to go ahead and punch him in the face, and so his son did. david? >> david: rachel scott live there from pennsylvania, rachel, thank you. you heard the president was asked about sean combs today. at the combs trial in new york city today, the searing now testimony. the defense and their cross examination of the assistant who

claims sean combs repeatedly sexually assaulted her. aaron katersky at the courthouse. >> reporter: after his one-time assistant testified sean combs sexually assaulted her, the defense confronting the woman known by the sued numb mia with dozens of her instagram coasts calling combs a ledge gend, her mentor, and ins operation. that's the person who's traumatized you? why would you promote the person who has stolen your happiness? it was a very confusing cycle of ups and downs, mia testified, i was young and manipulated and eager to survive. combs denies sexually assaulting anyone, but mia testified it happened more than once. federal prosecutors say combs subjected mia to forced labor, including sex, as part of a criminal enterprise they accuse him of running, which he also denies. mia called working for combs chaotic, toxic, and terrifying. but the jury today saw a text she wrote after losing her job. "i'm going to kill myself, my life is over." the defense asked, "isn't this great? you're away from your abuser."

"in hindsight fantastic, but at the time the worst thing ever, this was the only world i knew for 24 hours a day for eight years." sean combs was seated in court here when president trump spoke today about potentially pardoning him. we asked for reaction. his representative had no response. >> david: aaron katersky on this case all week. tonight the reality tv star who prosecutor call a career squind letter speaking out after being freed by president trump. todd chrisley thanking the trump white house for his newfound freedom. tuesday, president trump issuing todd and julie chrisley a full pardon after they served 2 1/2 years in federal prison. authorities say they stole millions in a banking scheme and failed to pay their taxes. >> even though this pardon has happened, i still was convicted of something that i did not do. >> david: todd chrisley says he plans to advocate for prison reform and says there could be a return to reality tv. tonight here, we remember actress loretta swit from "m.a.s.h."

she won multiple emmys for her role. including the scene watched by nearly 106 million americans as the tributes now pour in. she was the quick-witted major margaret houlihan in one of tv's biggest hits. >> those two, they're running this war for all of us! >> reporter: loretta swit, commanding the screen on "mc "m.a.s.h." for more than a decade. >> from now on i'm number one, me, margaret hula man. and believe me, soldier, i deserve better than you. >> reporter: the tough, by the book major houlihan wells the head nurse, evolving in her role to a leader, fighting for respect in a man's world. >> reporter: we actually survived with you. we live, we breathe, we dream, we do our work, we earn our pray. sometimes we even have our little failures, and then we pull ourselves together. >> reporter: swit infusing humanity into major hul what han, showing a vulnerability. that famous scene, major

houlihan breaking down in front of the other nurses. >> did you ever once offer me a lousy cup of coffee? >> we didn't think you'd accept. >> well, you were wrong. >> reporter: swit would star in 240 of the 251 episodes, earning two emmys along the way. >> sickening. >> reporter: along alan alda's captain hawkeye pierce, one of only two actors there for both the pilot back in 1972 -- >> so, listen. >> yeah. >> reporter: and the series finale in 1983. their 35-second kiss was seen by nearly 106 million viewers, still the most-watched single episode of any television series in u.s. history. loretta swit was born on november 4th, 1937, in passaic, new jersey, performing on stage for the first time at the age of 7. she was best known for that role on "m.a.s.h.," but her career was both on screen and in the theater. loretta swit passing away at the

age of 87. tonight here in her own words. >> i would hope to be remembered as an artist who tried to use parts of her profession to further other arenas that were positive. it's very satisfying for me to have nurses tell me that they became nurses because of watching me. and it's -- that's a very, very great compliment and a very wonderful thing to have done while i was having so much fun within my profession. >> david: the impact she had on so many. so many people tuned in every week. 106 million watching that final kiss. remembering loretta swit here tonight. when we come back on this friday evening, the news for parents when it comes to covid shots for their children. also, the major reveal tonight from taylor swift. it brought her to tears. the accusations tonight against nba star zion williamson. and take a look at this a scare

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tonight, a new champion. 13-year-old faizan zaki from allen, texas. last year finishing second after a rapid-fire tiebreaker. and he came back this year determined to win. faizan with a chance to win it all with this word. >> eclaircissement. >> e-c-l-a-i-r-c-i-s-s-e-m-e-n-t. >> david: meaning the cleaning-up of something obscure. it's obscure, all right, and he got it. faizan is only the fifth con contestant to win the year after finishing second place, not seen in more than 20 years. >> pleased, really pleased to present you with the scripps cup. >> david: on "gma" this morning, he did admit this. >> i enjoy doing it. i am glad eye over now, though.

>> david: glad it's over, but already preparing for what could come next. >> i really enjoy math, so maybe i can try, like, getting into, like, the international math olympiad. >> david: perhaps the math olympiad is next, but tonight, savoring his win. and so we choose faizan zaki, the math olympiad is next. the rest of us might just get to the weekend and have a drink. i'm david muir. i'll see you on monday. good night. warm. >> it's gonna be fun, though. like i said, we just have to keep busy and drink a lot of

water. everybody should. >> hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. great advice. now that the heat is here. some places in the bay area seeing the warmest day of the year so far. and that heat will last into the weekend. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> and i'm julian glover. some people are out trying to beat the heat in santa cruz. we'll take you there. live a great day to be soaking up the sun with your toes in the sand. right now. >> that looks pretty nice. we have team coverage on the hot weather. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard will show us what conditions are like in the north bay. that's coming up in just a moment. >> we want to start things off now with abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel. for a look at those temperatures in the accuweather forecast. sandy, you called it. >> yeah. julian and larry, it is sizzling in some parts of the bay area this afternoon. let's take a look at those numbers right now as we're coming up on the peak of the day, 101 in saint is saint helena, 102 in cloverdale. these are some of the hottest spots 99 in concord, 97 in livermore, 90 in san jose. you'll notice places like santa rosa, also hot 96 degrees san fco